© 2009 All rights reserved * Jacob Scott stared at his desk. Not so much at it as through it. He couldn't believe she was gone. It had been a week and he still couldn't wrap his mind around it. Chelsea had left him. "I'm sorry, Jacob," she had said, standing by the door with the last of her belongings in a small bag. He had come home to find she'd moved n...
I rest my hand on the rope testing the tension. After twenty-four months at sea I can read the feel of the wind through the ropes. Reaching up I wipe spray out my beard as I look up at the sail. One corner is sagging a little. I give the windless a half turn and see it tighten. Satisfied I go back to my seat by the transom. I sit listening to the hiss of t...
Chapter 27—Media Circus II Interlude: 25th Anniversary Cindy: I said earlier, Aunt Jo used to be punk/goth/grunge, or whatever you call it. Considering what she wears now, it is a bit hard to believe, but I've seen pictures and handled the Army boots. The gown she wore to the wedding ball seems to draw the line between before and after. Mom wanted Aunt Jo...
Author's Note: This is the third book of a trilogy. Do not expect much sex. It only covers parts of four days and the principles are waiting til after the ceremony. Chapter 1—Smoldering Ember Interlude: 25thAnniversary Cindy: Everyone knows about the news spot. A free lancer was covering the wedding on his own dime. NBC picked up his story as a human int...
This is an edited version, as I found a few grammatical errors when I read through it again. I will try and be more careful in future projects. ********** Sarah had not been looking forward to this part. Well, to be completely honest with herself, she hadn't looked forward to any of the events of the past 24 hours, but the entire situation had been take...
Copyright Oggbashan August 2019 The author asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work. This is a work of fiction. The events described here are imaginary; the settings and characters are fictitious and are not intended to represent specific places or living persons. +++ I had completed my professional qualification at the weekl...
© 2020 Victor Cabana It's HIM! Deb's exclamation to herself is immediate when the glass of wine is placed before her and she follows the waitress's eyes as she announces, "Compliments of the gentleman." Indicating the man in the corner booth. The man Deb had noticed often as she chatted with her friends at their usual Friday Happy Hour gathering. Awfully...
All the characters depicted in this story are 18 years old or older. * Danny Flynn was pretty nervous about meeting Joan's parents. He was in his junior year and Joan was in her senior year at Franklin University. They had been going out for about three months and Joan had reluctantly agreed that he could join her for one of her infrequent visits home. She...
It was the eve of my 50th birthday and being an August baby, the Friday summer afternoon was hot and clear. My sweet hubby was taking me to a nearby bigger city for a weekend away to play and celebrate. And since it was my half-century celebration, I was feeling a little bit old. Roger decided that I needed a pampering weekend – a weekend that would renew my...
[This book is the story of a young woman Joanna, age 34 and an older man, John, age 45. Joanna is a young lady recently divorced after a sexually oppressive marriage of twelve years. From choices she made while growing up, she never had the chance to fully explore, enjoy and find the woman inside of her. This story tells of her desires and fears of moving f...